Tampa Electric
Company Dam

A black and white photo of a dam built in 1897 on the Hillsborough River and dynamited by local cattlemen Dec. 12, 1898. The company that built the dam was acquired by Tampa Electric co. in late 1899. These photos show rebuilding of the dam in 1899.

Photo credit: Courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of South Florida. Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center.